26: Influential Secrets pt.2: Shaken, Not Stirred

There is more than one way to win the war. This week Grant dishes to Maia the many fun and scandalous ways the British government tried to convince America to support them during WW2. In the process, they helped elevate some of the 20th century's most prodigious writers. Grab a cocktail, we have some wining and dining to get to.

William Stephenson, Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl

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Sources:

(2007) NBCnews.com "You're Marketing my Leg"

(2016) NPR.org "The Deeper Meanings of a Leg Lost and Found and Fought Over"

(2019) Ranker.com "What Happened to John Wood"

Finders Keepers by Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel